The big news today is President Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan. I’ll be the first to admin that I don’t really know that much about Kagan. Eliot Spitzer, a long time friend of Kagan’s, was out today giving her big praises. To me, that endorsement is enough to say she […]
We find out that the person in charge of the division investigating the Abramoff scandal had to resign because of his ties to Abramoff: A senior Justice Department official has resigned after coming under scrutiny in the Department’s expanding investigation of convicted super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to a Justice Department official with knowledge of the […]
Cronyism is at it again and this time it comes in the form of a Supreme Court Justice. Today President Bush nominated long time friend and confidant Harriet Miers to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Miers has no judicial experience, so there will be no paper trail to base her upon. This will make […]